- Market Overview
- Strategic Analysis
- Key Features
Market Overview
Duration: Short-term – 2-year price forecast and market outlook
The Europe Aromatics report provides a reliable, independent view of market developments and a clear understanding of market dynamics for the major products that form the aromatics chain in the Europe & Middle East region. Aromatics markets are notoriously complicated, with supply heavily influenced by refining and steam cracking, while a varied derivative chain is often beholden to geopolitical trends and wider macroeconomic dynamics.
Comprehensive monthly market price, supply, demand, and trade data and analysis for:
- ABS
- Benzene
- Cumene/Phenol
- Cyclohexane
- EPS
- Mixed Xylenes
- Orthoxylene
- Paraxylene
- PTA
- Polystyrene
- Styrene
- Toluene
Strategic Analysis
Duration: Short-term – 2-year price forecast and market outlook
The Europe Aromatics service provides clients with in-depth market analysis on a broad spectrum of base aromatics products and first-line derivatives. This service focuses predominantly on the European markets but fully embraces the strong influence of other markets across the EMEA region, such as the Middle East. It includes frequently updated short—and medium-term forecasts on supply/demand, prices and margins. Our outlook on the operating status of major assets in the region, historical trade and forecast provide an important tool to decision-makers.
Key Features
Duration: Short-term – 2-year price forecast and market outlook
PRICES COVERED
Contract and spot price summary with a brief review of current market conditions.
- Benzene
- Orthoxylene
- Toluene
- Cumene/Phenol
- Paraxylene
- Cyclohexane
- Styrene
- Mixed Xylenes
- Terephthalic Acid (PTA)
EUROPE AROMATICS DAILY MARKET SNAPSHOT
This daily report furnishes precise and verified daily spot transaction ranges for the most actively traded products featured in the Aromatics Weekly. The daily postings present an alternative index to the conventional month-end spot posting in the Aromatics Market Weekly, offering an average of the weekly ranges published in the Aromatics Weekly Report.
The Europe Aromatics Daily incorporates West Europe price postings for benzene, toluene, and styrene (whether actual or notional). It also includes closing prices for certain fundamental energy benchmarks, along with calculations of essential alternative values and extraction indices. Additionally, each product is accompanied by a running monthly spot average price for the ongoing month.
Publication Timing: Daily except for UK holidays
GLOBAL WEEKLY MARKET SNAPSHOT
Clients receive a weekly email containing a comprehensive market overview, along with a summary of contract and spot prices across the U.S., West Europe, and Asia/Pacific regions.
Publication Timing: Friday with adjustments for holidays
GLOBAL MONTHLY MARKET REPORT
This report provides a comprehensive commentary on significant aromatic products. It includes an assessment and analysis of notable shifts in pricing, market dynamics, trading activities, operational updates/rates, as well as supply/demand and import/export trends. Furthermore, the review is broadened to cover specific details for each product area, encompassing an evaluation of current European market conditions, operational news, market analysis, and price forecasts.
Publication Timing: Second half of the month
DATA SUPPLEMENT
The data appendix includes market summaries on gasoline component prices, benzene and derivative analysis, xylenes and derivatives analysis, West Europe price forecasts and operating schedules, trade figures and quarterly supply/demand balances.
Publication Timing: Second half of the month
ACCESS TO SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS
Personal telephone and/or email discussions, and meetings on the subject matter covered in the monthly report.
SUPPLY & DEMAND
Short-term production news updates, production statistics, plant-by-plant operating schedules, and long-term structural supply changes. End-use analysis across the diverse range of end-use sectors plus macro industry trend analysis.
Region
- West Europe
Chemical
- Benzene
- Cumene
- Cyclohexane
- Orthoxylene
- Phenol
- Polystyrene
- Terephthalic Acid
- Styrene
TRADE
Trade statistics, global trade analysis, freight estimates, tariffs, and sanction tracking.
OPERATING SCHEDULE
Region
- West Europe
- Middle East Region
Chemical
- Benzene
- Cumene
- Cyclohexane
- Orthoxylene
- Paraxylene
- Phenol
- Terephthalic Acid
- Styrene
- Toluene